Hedgerow Life 
magpie. The first makes a very rough 
platform of sticks, so coarsely put to- 
gether that you can easily see the two 
white eggs through the bottom as you 
stand below. The magpie, where it is 
found at all—and in some places it 
is very scarce—makes a strong nest 
of sticks, and over the top a roof or 
cover of sticks. The whole nest, and 
the place in which it is made, are matted 
so thickly together, and generally so 
prickly, that it is not by any means an 
easy matter to get at theeges. I suppose 
Mrs. Mag knows how good to eat birds’ 
eggs are, for she eats plenty of them 
and 
herself—all she can find, in fact 
does not mean that any other bird shall 
eat hers. 
About midsummer the dormouse makes 
its nest—for birds are not the only things 
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